incapacitate
verb [usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they incapacitate | |
he / she / it incapacitates | |
past simple incapacitated | |
past participle incapacitated | |
-ing form incapacitating |
to make somebody/something unable to live or work normally 使失去正常生活(或工作)能力 - be incapacitated (by something)
He was incapacitated by old age and sickness. 年老多病使他失去了正常生活能力。 mentally incapacitated people 精神失常的人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- severely
- totally
- temporarily
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from incapacity + -ate.- be incapacitated (by something)